Another Mermaid Adventure…

I had a fun evening last Friday down at the beach trying to capture another mermaid – this time with Suzi of Tea by the Sea fame. We were trying to get some darker, moody shots with the full moon…

It started off perfectly – a beautiful warm evening at the end of a really hot day…but there were ominous clouds about and a storm forecast…

Well, darker and moody we got… It got really dark, really quickly, the moon was playing hide-and-seek with the clouds, there was lightning flashing all around the horizon – all nice for setting a ‘mood’ – and then a massive storm rolled in. Here’s a cool shot of the storm:

In spite of all that, we still got some decent shots before we got rained out – I’ll post a link to a selection in a day or so.

Those kind of conditions – especially with the light (or lack of light) are really tricky to work with – long exposure times and the attendant movement blur, ‘noise’ in the image, etc – but they’re great for the whole ‘darker and moody’ thing. So we got our wish with that but I don’t think we quite nailed it – looks like we might have another crack at it…